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AZZ Inc.

$AZZ·$4.5B·Industrial - Specialties·Industrials
$141.28+1.3%YTD+41.7%1Y+26.4%
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AZAZZ
$AZZAZZ Inc.
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $AZZ, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Proven numbersWinding up for a moveAI verdict · as of 2026-08-23

Trading in a tight range and building pressure — a move looks likely soon, but the direction isn't clear yet.

AZZ +42% YTD at PE 22x — hot-dip galvanizing compounder with officer departure and Abacus FCF accumulation.

AZZ Inc. is a specialty industrial company (hot-dip galvanizing services, precoat metals coatings). The setup is: strong quarterly print, officer departure with immediate replacement, coordinated institutional accumulation.

  • Quarterly cadence: Q1 FY27 (May-end) revenue $449M (+6.3% YoY, EPS $1.74), Q4 FY26 $385M (+9.4% YoY, EPS $0.53), Q3 FY26 $426M (+5.5% YoY, EPS $1.37). Analyst models: FY27 revenue $1.82B growing to $1.90B FY28 (+4.5%) and $1.96B FY29 (+3.2%), with EPS $7.07 → $8.37 (~9% CAGR).
  • At $141.28 and PE 22.2x TTM, the multiple is fair for a specialty-industrial compounder with 16% operating margin, 24% gross margin, D/E 0.39, and TTM P/S 2.62x on $4.54B market cap.
  • The August 20 news noted "AZZ Registers a Bigger Fall Than the Market" — that's the recent tape softness. Abacus FCF Advisors bought 35,042 shares on August 20 — specific institutional accumulation. The August 18 GF Value piece ($85.50 vs $146.43) captures the value-investor skepticism (elevated vs computed intrinsic). Bank of America lowered holdings on August 15 — mild rebalancing.
  • The August 3 8-K disclosed an officer departure (unspecified) with an annual base salary of $375,000 — that's a specific governance-flag. The August 3 Form 3 disclosed the replacement's initial beneficial ownership.
  • Structural: low float bucket, 30-day volume 0.83x average, price at 70th percentile of the 52-week range, T12M +26% — the tape has re-rated on the fundamentals.
  • The specific risk vector is a construction-cycle rollover or a specific galvanizing-margin compression; the specific upside vector is continued industrial-capex strength or a specific data-center or grid-infrastructure demand spike.

The October 14 Q2 FY27 print ($1.80 consensus) is the extension event.

Differs from X sentimentNo X sentiment bundle was supplied for this ticker. Verdict is anchored on the Q1 FY27 print, the August 20 Abacus FCF Advisors 35,042-share buy, the August 3 8-K officer departure with $375K base salary, and the analyst-model FY28 EPS $7.79 trajectory.

What to watch: October 14 Q2 FY27 earnings — revenue vs the $1.82B FY27 model, hot-dip galvanizing margin trajectory, officer-replacement commentary, and any commentary on construction-cycle demand.

On the calendar: 2026-10-14 — Q2 FY27 earnings

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Provides hot-dip galvanizing and metal coating services plus engineered electrical products for power generation, transmission, and industrial infrastructure.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Industrial - Specialties sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $AZZ.

Industrial - Specialties · Industrials

What this means for $AZZ

Neutral — Provides hot-dip galvanizing and metal coating services plus engineered electrical products for power generation, transmission, and industrial infrastructure; limited read-through from manufacturing - metal fabrication macro dynamics to this specific revenue mix.

Top industry ETF

$XLIIndustrial Select Sector SPDR
+19.8%YTD
+19.6%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
22.2How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
10.2%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
16.2%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
3.8%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
2.6Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
14.9%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
24.0%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.4Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Jul 8, 2026$1.85$1.69+9.5%
Q1 2026Apr 22, 2026$1.34$1.22+9.8%
Q4 2025Jan 7, 2026$1.52$1.43+6.3%
Q3 2025Oct 8, 2025$1.55$1.57-1.3%
Next earningsWed, Oct 14·consensus EPS $1.80

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY27$448.5M+6.3%25.0%17.2%$1.74$18.4M
Q4 FY26$385.1M+9.4%22.7%14.8%$0.53$50.5M
Q3 FY26$425.7M+5.5%23.9%16.3%$1.37$61.2M
Q2 FY26$417.3M+2.0%24.3%16.4%$2.97$39.1M

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 8 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY27$1.8B$1.8B – $1.8B$7.07$6.88 – $7.198
FY28$1.9B$1.8B – $1.9B$7.79$7.62 – $7.916
FY29$2.0B$1.9B – $2.0B$8.37$8.10 – $8.543
FY30$2.1B$2.1B – $2.1B$8.20$7.93 – $8.372
FY31$2.2B$2.2B – $2.2B$8.54$8.26 – $8.721

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.8×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.70%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-5.7%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+7.9%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatLow float · 29.5M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today0.8% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β1.125-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellAug 14Stovall Bryan LeeCOO2.7K sh$402KSellAug 11Jeffrey VellinesCOO4.2K sh$648K
+ 28 other (10 awards · 7 exempts · 7 inkinds · 4 others) in window

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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

3New insider — initial holdingsAug 33
AI summary

One Reporting filed a Form 3 reporting initial beneficial ownership of AZZ securities. The form establishes the reporting person's baseline ownership position. Form 3 must be filed within 10 days of becoming a director, officer, or 10%-or-greater shareholder. This is an administrative filing that anchors future insider-transaction reporting for AZZ.

8-KOfficer or director changeAug 38-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
AI summary

AZZ announced a leadership Departure involving Certain Officers, who serves as Director. annual base salary of $375,000. Item 5.02 mandates timely disclosure of executive and director transitions, which can significantly affect AZZ's strategic direction and investor confidence.

8-KShareholder voteJul 78-K — Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
AI summary

AZZ Inc. held its 2026 annual meeting of shareholders on July 7, 2026, with all seven director nominees elected for one-year terms: Daniel Berce, Thomas Ferguson, Clive Grannum, Carol Jackson, Ed McGough, Steven Purvis, and one other. Director vote totals ranged from approximately 24.4M to 26.7M 'for' votes out of ~28.6M shares voted, indicating strong overall support; Jackson received the lowest support (~24.4M for) but was still comfortably elected. Two additional proposals were also approved (details in the proxy); routine governance outcome with no material business implications.

8-KPress release / Reg FDMay 288-K — Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

AZZ Inc. disclosed investor presentation materials (Reg FD) for use from May 28, 2026 onward in meetings with investors, lenders, creditors, vendors, customers, and employees. The presentation is filed as Exhibit 99.1 and is furnished (not filed) with the SEC. This is a standard Reg FD disclosure accompanying ongoing investor relations activity; the filing itself carries no new financial commitments and the materials are summary in nature.

8-KMaterial agreementMay 88-K — Item 1.01: Material agreement · Item 2.03: Material debt obligation
3New insider — initial holdingsMar 93
3New insider — initial holdingsMar 93
3New insider — initial holdingsMar 93
+ 18 other (6 13Gs · 2 earnings 8-Ks · 2 routine 8-Ks · 2 proxys) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

AZZ (AZZ) Registers a Bigger Fall Than the Market: Important Facts to Notezacks.com·3d ago35,042 Shares in AZZ Inc. $AZZ Bought by Abacus FCF Advisors LLCdefenseworld.net·4d agoA Look at AZZ Inc (AZZ) After 4.4% Decline -- GF Value $85.50 vs Price $146.43gurufocus.com·5d agoBank of America Corp DE Lowers Stock Holdings in AZZ Inc. $AZZdefenseworld.net·9d agoAZZ Inc. Announces August Investor Conference Scheduleprnewswire.com·18d ago

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